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Epidemiological week no. 50 (8 to 14 Dec 2013)
• Dengue fever: During this week, 281 Dengue fever cases have been reported, out of them 205 from province Sindh; 68 from province Punjab; and 8 from province Balochistan. The outbreaks are being responded jointly.
• In this week, 80 districts and 2,354 health facilities have reported to Disease Early Warning system (DEWS), compared to 78 districts with 2,266 health facilities shared weekly data in week 49, 2013 to the DEWS.
• Total 869,535 patients consultations reported this week 50, 2013 compared with 820,158 consultations in week 49, 2013.
• 84 alerts investigated and 3 outbreaks identified and timely responded. Altogether 29 alerts were for Measles; 13 for Dengue fever; 12 for Leishmaniasis; 10 for NNT; 8 for Typhoid fever; 3 for Diphtheria; 2 for Acute diarrhoea; while 1 each for AJS, ARI, AWD,
CCHF, Pertussis, Scabies and Food poisoning.